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Is coal created from wood. ei. does petrified wood turn into coal?
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Coal is formed from plant material falling on saturated soil (swamps marshes & wetlands), the plant material decomposes only very slowly as no oxygen can reach them, this then gets buried by more organic material. then eventually the organic material is lithified forming coal ( rock formation) .
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What is Washington's state gem?
Petrified Wood
What is the streak of petrified wood?
The streak of petrified wood is black or brown. The streak can also be white.
What is a state park made of petrified wood?
...the petrified forest...
What is Arizona's state wood?
Petrified wood.
A permineralized piece of wood.?
petrified wood
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Petrified wood has turned to stone, a type of fossil, It is unlikley that you would be able to burn it.
What is a petrified wood?
petrified wood is wood that has had all the bacteria killed out of it by mud, sand, volcanic ash or other matter. The matter then turns the wood into stone. Later the stone turns into probably quarts or opal. Usally because its fossilized it keeps its same pattern and the quarts can turn it into different colors.
Is the Mississippi state rock petrified wood?
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What is a sentence using the word petrified?
The boys discovered petrified wood in the stream. The sight of the huge monster left him petrified, too scared to move.
Another name for fossilized wood?
petrified wood
